Kuenzi Equestrian Pony Club Riding Center

2010 Pony Club Highlights

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KEC Goes to Rolex at the Kentucky Horse Park

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2010 Highlights!

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December 6th - Pony Club Center Lesson with Sedate

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December 7th - Riding in the Big Pasture

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November 2009 - Heather and Sarah Audit the George Morris Clinic at Canterbury Farm

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November 2009 - Heather and Sarah's Florida Road Trip

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November 6 - Pony Club Center Meeting at the Pizza Ranch!

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Food, friends and chatting about horses who could ask for more?

Mid October Fox Hunting!!

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October 29-31, 2009 - Sedate's Visit

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Chloe and Clarabel

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September 2009 - Conditioning day at Daryl and Diane's

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Chloe/Clarabel, Kristy/Chelsea

and Georgia/Flicka

enjoyed a fun afternoon of conditioning canters/gallops in the field and a quick ride in the river!

September 2009 - Snoopy Pooper

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September 2009 - Kristy and Chelsea riding in the wheat field

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September 2009 - Chloe and Clarabel riding in the wheat field

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September 2009 - Morgan and Casey riding in the wheat field

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September 2009 - Georgia and Flicka riding in the wheat field

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September 2009 - Misc photos

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Weve had many Sandhill Cranes this year!

Chelsea and Dyno looking through the arena

Chloe/Clarabel, Megan/Senorita and Georgia/Flicka coming back after a ride in the field

New student Audrey riding Hawk

Cari had a good ride on Fertile - in the outdoor!!! Yeah!

Chloe's dog Paws and his new summer hair-do.

You can faintly see the shaved heart on his rump!

August 2009 - River Ride at Daryl and Diane's!

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Kristy/Chelsea and Chloe/Caesar
Lindsay/Dyno and Beth/Hawk

The view of the William's Wood trail from Shiek!

Our adventurous group heading back towards the river!

Suprisingly, all of the horses walked right into the river

and seemed to enjoy themselves!!!

Yeah!

The Dexter cows watched us pass by!

Our group:

Kristy/Chelsea, Lindsay/Dyno, Heather/Shiek, Georgia/Flicka,

Alicia/Senorita, Chloe/Caesar and Beth/Hawk

Wild Goose Trail Ride with Anthony and Melanie, Aug 2009

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The view from Shiek!

Anthony and Melanie had many adventures along the trail!

But we survived and I haven't gotten Anthony back in the saddle since!

Fox Hunting with Alicia and Georgia, August 2009

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Alicia and Georiga enjoyed their first adventurous day of Fox Hunting!!!

They did a great job and can't wait to try it again!

2009 Fair and Misc Photos

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New barn kitty "Pumpkin"

- he came home with us on Sunday PM

after dropping off some heifers at Bohn's

Alicia bravely carried Jonah across the spinning tube at the fair 'fun house' ride!!

Anthony enjoyed taking Jonah on the train ride

The KEC Anthony fan club at the Little Britches show

OMG - it's a horse with a real handlebar mustache!!!!

Watching the horse pull was pretty cool!

3 Cool Kids!

Anthony and Alicia on the umbrella ride

Tilt a whirl

Anthony and his fair calf - Sunday

Anthony and Chloe had fun checking out all the big tractors

Anthony, Clancy and Chloe conquered the Tilt-a-Whirl!!!

Clancy is such a good sport!

The Affeld family enjoyed meeting Anthony's calf

The KEC seating section at the fair concerts!

Our new parakeet - Pirate Pete - check out his disco ball!

Romeo enjoyed posing for the camera

August 2009 - Boots and Saddles Open Arena Night

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Cari and Max
Alicia and Casey

Cari and Clarabel

Chloe and Clarabel

Lindsay and Dyno

Georgia and Flicka

Anthony and Angel

Goose Trail Ride

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Kristy/Chelsea, Cassie/Cody and Chloe/Clarabel

enjoyed their ride at the Goose Trail

August 2009 - Pony Club Polocrosse Practice!

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Megan, Chloe and Anthony practiced their Polocrosse skills at our August Pony Club meeting

Jumping the Dice!

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New Tractor!!!!

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We got a new John Deere tractor in July!!! Yeah!!!

Can't wait to start using it on a regular basis!

It came with a bale spear, forklift and bucket attachment

July 2009 - Pony Club D Jamboree - second session

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Misty and Lindsay had matching braids
Anthony and Lindsay with counselor Alden

Miss Britt mastered the water jump!

3 peas in a pod - sharing the hotel bed

Miss Britt and King

Anthony and Angel

Lindsay and MistyAnthony enjoyed riding Ende - with lots of help from Sedate of course!!

July 2009 - Pony Club D Jamboree

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Lindsay rated to her D-1 with Misty pony
Chloe and Melanie rated to their D-2's - Megan too

The rating group

Melanie and Pepper

Megan, Mackenzie, Chloe and Melanie enjoyed the 1st session of Jamboree!

PS - most of the good Jamboree photos are on the Pony Club Shutterfly site

July 2009 - Kids Horsemanship Camp

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The girls enjoyed finger painting the horses! ...and giving them crazy hair-do's

July 2009 - Tiny Tot Camp

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July 2009 - Cowboy Camp

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Beth briefed the boys on their activities for the day!
Steve took them for a 'hayride' around the farm!

Anthony enjoyed cantering on Misty pony!

Cowboy Seanie rode Casey for camp - he's looking like a cool dude in this picture!

Cowgirl Chloe helped with chores

Sarah and Glory at Endless Valley, July 5, 2009

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Glory was hot and sweaty at the half way point

and wasn't afraid to stop, drop and roll right in the middle of all the action!

She was a good girl for the vets!

Sarah's happy smile!

Lauren and Joanie at Endless Valley - July 5, 2009

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Initial jog out
Lauren was a bit bummed as Joanie was gimpy for her jog out -
however, she passed with flying colors the next morning!

Checking Joanie's respiration

Happy to drink from the public trough at the halfway point

So happy that Joanie smiled!!!

Check out Joanie's fancy Cavallo boots!

Joanie finally got her butt number halfway through the ride!!

Lauren trying to put Joanie in a trance to bring down her breathing

Beth and Flicka at Endless Valley Ride - July 5, 2009

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Flicka was well behaved for the vet checks!!
Checking legs

Checking for swelling/filling on Flicka's legs

Walking out after a successful jog out

Ready for the trail!

They made it!!

Flicka was happy to follow the pack - way, way behind.

Didn't bother her at all!

Beth chatting and making new friends!

Jonah was very patient on this long, hot day!

Checking CRT - Capillary Refill Time - on her gums -

not Flicka's favorite thing to do - but she gave in...

Checking for back soreness

Final jog out

Yeah!! Beth and Flicka took first place!!

Lindsay and Dyno at Endless Valley, July 5, 2009

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Ready to ride!
Dyno enjoyed the public water troughs

Dyno was a good boy for the vets

Checking pulse and respiration

Checking for leg soreness

Eating again

Dyno trotted out well - we lucked out that it was in a big sand arena

Coming back from their 10 mile ride

Putting Dyno's Pegasus boots on before heading out for the 2nd half of their ride

Yeah! Lindsay and Dyno got 4th place!!

Lindsay's serious competitor look

Endless Valley Competitive Trail Ride - July 5, 2009

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Lindsay packing up the trailer!
Dyno and Flicka enjoying their portable paddock - with all you can eat grass!

The fencing crew

Tyler and Jonah taking advantage of a bit of shade

Sarah's rig - right "next door" to us

The horses enjoyed their paddocks -

it was a mini-reunion for Dyno/Flicka and Joanie/Glory!

Looking through the valley at our camp area

Getting ready to vet in

Beth/Flicka and Lindsay/Dyno

Pony Club Tetrathalon Rally - July 2009

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We enjoyed 2 days of nice weather for our regional

Tetrathalon competition at Jefferson County Fairgrounds.

Sarah the shooter!

Sarah got to help Miss Britt load her pistol

Anthony used a chair to perfect his shot (didn't know that was allowed...)

Alicia had fine form over the jumps in the running phase.

Note, she still keeps her heels down - even when she's running!

April and Alicia were in the same heat.

Alicia kicked butt and came in second!

KEC Fan Club Cheering Section!

Anthony had to jump big over the real crossrails!

On your mark, get set, GO!!

Nice tight knees over the fences Sarah - George Morris would be proud!

Anthony and Miss Britt looking absolutley thrilled to be running at 7:30 in the morning!
Anthony and Angel had a clear round

Sleepy girls - Georgia, Chloe and Kristy in the tent

Mounted Games Clinic/Polocrosse - July 2009

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Melanie, Mackenzie, Anthony, Lauren, Alicia (and Riley),

enjoyed the Pony Club mounted games clinic with Graham.

The jousting race

The fan club bleachers - Linda, Calvin, Leanne and Sarah

Anthony and Heather got to work on their Polocrosse skills - with Dori

Goose Trail Ride - June 2009

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Kristy/Chelsea, Georgia/Flicka and Melanie/Pepper enjoyed a fun ride to the Goose Trail. Heather and Anthony rode along too - on their bikes!

We even got to experience a freight train rolling past the trailer after our ride!

KEC Summer Fun - June 2009

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Alicia and Megan worked hard to pull milkweed out of the pasture

- on one of the hottest days of the year!!

The girls enjoyed a ride right clinic

Bud and Pepper got to have a lesson together

Kelsey and Elizibeth started giving Angel a bath

and ended up having a water fight!

KEC Goes to Pony Club Regional Camp!! June 2009

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Love the pyramid!!!

Georgia, Alexus, Elizabeth and Kristy enjoyed their last camp lesson with Kevin

Alicia and Senorita got to ride with a D-3 group

KEC supporters - Cassie, Alicia, Ruth and Lauren

Riding in the new water jump

Deb Willson working on cross country skills

Fancy enjoyed camp with Brynna too!

The loving couple

Putting up 10 wagons of hay - June 2009

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Everyone pulled together to help put up 10 wagons/1,500 bales of hay

- the day before leaving for Regional Pony Club Camp!

Open Arena Night at Boots and Saddles - June 2009

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Kristy/Chelsea
Cassie/Cody

Morgan/Casey

Silas's first trip to Boots and Saddles with Elizabeth

June 2009 KEC Horsemanship Camp

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Adeline/Angel and Sydney/Misty
Ally/Misty, Majyah/Angel and Marissa/Hawk

Jessie/Pepper

Anika/Dollar

Amy and Alicia were big helpers at camp too!

Happy Ponies - June 2009

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The geldings enjoyed their round bale "island" during the spring rainy season!

Farrier Training - with the farrier! June 2009

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Greg the farrier patiently demonstrated his work as

Georgia, Alicia, Kristy, Chloe and Kelsey looked on.

Max's Mystery Knee Injury! June 2009

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Pony Club Rating Day - June 2009

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Georgia/Hawk, Chelsea/Kristy and Carrie/Cody rated to their D-2
The Peanut Gallery

Rater, Jaime Gosh putting the girls through their paces!

Anthony rated to D-1!

Our proud group of members - who patiently waited to eat their cake!

Back - Anthony, Chloe and Mackenzie

Front - Kristy, Carrie and Georgia

Hangin' out in the trailer - June 2009

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Fancy, Dyno and Casey were patiently waiting

to be taken out of the trailer after a morning ride

at the state forest trails.

Daniel Stewart Clinic at WEC - May 30-31, 2009

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Melanie/Pepper, April/Jez, Megan/Senorita,

Elizabeth/Lady and Mackenzie/Doc

enjoyed the Video Analysis clinic with Daniel!

Megan/Senorita

Video Analysis Group

Heather's "Test" Clinic group

Heather/Fancy and Sarah/Glory listening for directions on the next Psycho course!
Trusty helpers - Alicia and Georgia (and Chloe too)

Daniel explaining another course

At least Fancy was paying attention!

Kendra's group
Riding in the truck on the way to walk the cross country course at WEC...

look who jumped in too!!
Anthony's favorite photo!

Monday Night "C" lesson group

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Georgia's jump creation!
Kristy/Chelsea

Cassie/Cody

Fancy Pants enjoying her "all you can eat" round bale buffet!

The view from the back door!

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Glacier Trails Competitive Trail Ride - Southern Kettle, May 2009

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Dyno got his number written on his back end!

The horses happily hung out at the trailer after the ride - they were tired!

Lindsay, Beth and Heather had a great time!

Lindsay and Dyno's Big Pasture Lesson - May 2009

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Heather/Fancy, Alicia/Senorita, Georgia/Flicka and Kristy/Chelsea joined Lindsay and Dyno in the big pasture to give moral support during her AWESOME lesson in the big pasture!

Deb Willson Clinic at RCPC - April 2009

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Sarah and Max

Heather and Fancy Pants

Lauren and Joanie - and their big jump!

Anthony and Angel discussing the finer points of equitation with Deb Anthony chatting with the young ladies

Georgia and Flicka riding outside at Racine

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Chloe riding outside at Racine - March 2009

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Alicia riding outside at Racine - March 2009

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March 2009- Raters Clinic at Racine

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Sarah Morgan came to the Racine County Pony Club barn in March for the Lake Shore Region Raters Clinic to educate people wishing to be examiners at ratings.

Georgia and Flicka getting instruction from Matt Strom and Lija Chloe and Fertile got comments for a super 2-point position!

Alicia and Senorita got to demonstrate two-point position in front of the group

Lisa's photo shoot

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Lisa and Elizibeth had a lesson the day before

Lisa's first surgery and we ended up their ride with a quick photo session!!

Misty in the Snow

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Misty pony enjoyed being out in the big pasture - I might enter the photo below in the fair this summer!

Fancy's Eyes

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As I was patiently waiting for the geldings to run in the pasture in hopes for a big photo opportunity, Fancy kept following me around, so I decided to take pictures of her instead!

February 2009 - Snowy "Pastures"

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Hawk
Pepper's pretty in purple and pink!

Tall butt, short butt

Pasture Pictures - February 2009

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Dyno is the class clown!
Flicka - and Dyno trying to get in on the picture!

Fancy Pants

The matching Blue Blanket Club

Horses out enjoying the sunny day

Lisa and Storm

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Lisa enjoyed one of her first rides of the Winter on Storm!

Beth and Flicka's Snowy Ride

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Chloe and Cari's Snowy Riding Day

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Chloe and Casey
Cari/Fertile and Chloe/Casey

Cari/Fertile - this was only her second time in the saddle!

Winter Pony Club Updates!

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It's Deadline Time!

January 31 - Quiz Rally entry deadline - FYI - Heather will be mailing in entries within a day or two after returning from South Carolina :-) Please get them in!

February 7 - Horse Management Clinic and Everything But the Horse Rally - regional entries are to be mailed in to KEC - so all our members have to do is drop them off with Heather!

February 9 - HB Prep - Any D3 High School + members are welcome to attend!!!

February 15 - Omnibus Ads need to get e-mailed to Dennis Affeld or hard copies dropped off at the farm!

Please contact Heather with any questions!

Horse Management Lesson Day over Winter Break

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The girls enjoyed a day-long Horse Management lesson day at the barn on Tuesday of Winter Break! We worked on Pony Club study guides, played a round of quiz rally style classroom trivia, and then played board games till the Pizza Hut delivery man arrived with lunch!

After lunch, the girls pulled out the Visible Horse Model kits!

It turned out to be a challenging project for all!

Kelsey, Alicia, Kristy and Georgia worked on the bones/skeleton

Elizibeth, Melanie, Chloe, Lindsay, Megan and Elizabeth worked on painting the guts!
They painted everything from hearts to intestine to major veins and arteries!

Sarah was a big help to figure out which parts were which.

At one point, we had a hard time distinguishing between the liver and brains!

Outside the lounge window was Seanie, Anthony and Elijah

having a great time sledding down the drift between the barn and granary!

Dec 29 - KEPCRC Lesson Day Lisa!

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The members of KEPCRC enjoyed spending the day with Lisa

from Racine County Pony Club. She worked with 11 members on Quiz prep -

with a mock classroom and barn phase competition.

3 members did Acheivement Badge Testing and several

more participated in group riding lessons in the afternoon!

Lisa talked to the group about Quiz Rally in the lounge

Even Romeo/Pipsqueak kitty enjoyed watching lessons

- Georgia's shoulders made a great kitty chair!

The girls got cozy in the tack room for badge testing.

2008 Winter Break Kids Camp - Dec 28!

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We had 7 campers enjoy their day at the farm!
Marissa had great form on Angel - was it from her new half chaps????

Katie was moving along on Misty pony!

Abby improved her skills at this camp - she even trotted on her own!

Team Driving Day for Angel and Misty pony

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Dave Kluge and Roxanne came over Christmas vacation to help fit the team harness to Angel and Misty and attempt to drive them together!

Heather all bundled up and ready to go!

Roxanne walked beside Angel for "quality control"

while Dave drove them together for the first time.

Dave concentrating on his job!

Things went well and Anthony even got to go for a ride on his saucer sled!

Snow Day at KEC

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Minnie was carefully balancing on the drift on the side of the mare paddock ramp and digging/eating the fresh snow! I was afraid she'd fall into the drift and slide down the side, but she was just fine!!!
Fancy found herself a new friend in Pepper pony.
She enjoyed "herding" him around the paddock like a little pet!
He wasn't so excited about it, but was a good sport!

The horses all enjoyed a good run and roll after getting let out of their stalls from being in for two days during a December blizzard!

Clarabel was kicking it up!

The Geldings quickly made their way through the drifts

to check on the condition of their round bale.

The granary paddock horses were digging through the snow to "graze" on the grass below.

Minnie's new look - a snowy makeover- snow mascara and eye liner!

Joanie and Apache were racing each other!

It was a bit overwhelming in the morning to look out of the house

and see that the drifts were taller than I am!

Looking from the house - the regular path from house to barn was pretty much non-existant and waist deep!

How To Make Horse Treats

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Lauren, Kendra and Alicia had a great time making horse treats

from scratch for their lesson in December!

Sarah did a great job coordinating the ingredients and

keeping everything from burning in the oven!

Lauren fed Joanie her personalized "J" shaped treat!

Joanie says "mmm, mmmm gooood"!!

Senorita was smiling for more!

Apache enjoyed his treats so much, he licked the baking sheet clean!

Couldn't have planned this picture any better!

Pepper was looking out of his stall and waiting for his treat!

2008 December Barn Show

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10 Show Riders - what a great group!!
Jazmyn and Megan working on getting Senorita to follow them in "Bribe Your Horse"

Jazmyn's Family

Show Friends - Cassie/Cody and Carrie/Dyno

Carrie helping Kristy and Chelsea with Gone Fishin Race

Chloe/Fertile in the "basket ball" race

Pepper/Elizibeth had fun too!

Pony Pal People - Alicia/Misty and Haley/Angel

KEC Pony Patrol -

Haley/Angel, Alicia/Misty, Elizibeth/Pepper and Jazmyn/Senorita

Part of the group "hanging out" on the sides between classes. KEC riders are pretty creative about parking their horses in our small arena during our indoor shows!

Megan caught a quick ride with Alicia on Misty pony!

Anthony and crew did a great job running the food stand in the lounge!

Welcome Pepper Pony!

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Elizibeth and Melanie were very excited for Pepper pony's arrival on December 7th!!!

Brynna and her mom Diane delivered him that day from up near Steven's Point, WI

Elizibeth riding

Melanie riding

George Clinic - Misc. Pics...

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Heather and Sarah had a great time again this year attending

the George Morris clinic at Canterbury Farm just outside of Chicago.

This was our 3rd year attending and we look forward to more next year!

Hope you enjoy some of the many pictures I took this year!

Don't forget to go to the kecponyclubcenter YouTube site

to see video of some of the riders!!

Greg's mom's sleigh and one of her many Corgi dogs!
Kyle jumping off the bank - day 1

A square oxer with a hedge in the middle is called an Italian Oxer

The rolltop - it's a U shaped wooden boxed covered on both sides with real grass sod!

Sea World whale jumps to desensitize the horses

not to spook at them when they go to Florida for the winter circuit!

Check out the Panoramic view setting on my new camera!

George demonstrating collection using a riding stick

George and Heather in front of the Chinese Olympic jump.

It's set up here to full height of 5'3" - that 's the height they jumped in the Olympics!

They jumped it at 4'6" at the clinic on the last day.... it was still very impressive!

Auditor section

George Clinic - Jumping the Chinese Wall

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This colorful jump is an exact replica

to the one used for the 2008 Olympics in China!

Looks like this rider's head is about to hit the rafters, he's jumping so high!!

George Clinic - Grid lines

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The horses jumped "big" over the last jump with the small liverpool!

George Clinic - Getting some air over the Liverpool Jump

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Each of the 24 riders had to jump the 2'6" vertical over the 10' liverpool filled with water!

Hawk's Big Run

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Hawk had a good time running around

the big pasture and showing off his moves for the camera!!!

First Snow of Fall 2008 - Nov 24

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The gelding paddock horses had a great time running

in the big pasture in the first snowfall of the season!

Cody was sporting his flashy purple blanket!

Pasture tag - Casey, Fancy and Hawk in the lead!

KEC Cats - New Additions and Old veterans

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Cat on a stick - Oreo

Cat on a can - Romeo/Squeaky

One serious cat - Winchester

We have a new addition to the barn cat family at KEC!!!

Our new orange kitten has been named "Juliet".

Our grey kitten who was dumped in August, is named "Romeo" -

now you can see why we named the new female Juliet!!

We do plan to get them fixed over the winter

so that we don't have to come up with any more

Shakespearean names for their babies!

We love cats, but not that much!

She's a beautiful orange brindle color and very sweet in nature.

She's a chatty-cathy talker too.

She'll sit and meow at you for attention when you're

trying to brush your horse, clean stalls, do chores!

It's hard to resist and not pick her up to pet her!

Pony Club Standards and Rating Clinic at RCPC with Bunny Hendrickson

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Cassie and brand new horse Cody

had a great weekend with 2 jumping lessons!

Anthony rode Angel in the D1 group

October Farm Pictures

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The KEC Pony Club Riding Center members enjoyed a sunny dressage lesson in October!

The girls enjoyed a ride in the big pasture

to cool down after their Pony Club dressage lesson with Sarah.

Fancy Pants

Casey took a big nap in the soft hay.

He was exhausted for a few days after going on his first fox hunt!!

Angel is a happy pony!! Smile!

Snoopy is on never ending mouse hunting patrol!

Nap time in the mare paddock -

Angel laying down , Joanie hanging her head low and ready to fall over

and Clarabel lightly resting her back leg!

October Pony Club Lessons with Marlie Birr

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Marlie went out of her way to teach our Center members

and awesome unmounted lesson in the barn after mounted lessons were over.

Joanie horse was a great model for demonstrating proper bandaging!

How to tie a quick release knot - Pony Club style!

Fun discussion time!

Haley and Lily

Kristy and Chelsea

Haley/Lily and Aryana/Fertile

Aryana/Fertile

Anthony/Misty

Miss Britt/King

Fox Hunting at Mill Creek Hunt

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Casey and I survived our first day of fox hunting near Gurnee, IL

with the Mill Creek Hunt Club on Wednesday, October 29th!

We rode with the hunt for just over 2 hours and returned with a new appreciation for half halts, bridge reins, jumping ditches and hand galloping across plowed fields! The Mill Creek Hunt members were super nice and patient with me as I was the only rookie that day joining them. Casey was a good boy and really enjoyed himself - not once did I have to encourage him to move forward, he happily went on his own and minded the many hounds running past his legs! I think he likes his new job!

I also returned home and ordered up some horse shoes with Borium studs for Casey for when we had to trot/canter across/down paved roads!

We didn't see a fox or coyote, but my trusty friend Diane Frank who came along to help/watch, did see a coyote run out in front of the hunt field...

It was an experience like no other, and I can't wait to do it again!

Casey and Heather getting ready to depart from the club at 7:30am.

We left home at 4:15am to make it there by 6:45!! Yawn!

Here's the hunt field cantering along the edge of a field.

There were about 15 riders hunting that day.

Crossing the road

Getting settled in the plowed field

And taking off at a gallop to catch up with the rest of the hunt!!!

Yee haw!!!!!

The stream crossing.... not a very happy experience for Casey.

You can ride a horse to the edge of the stream - but you can't make him swim!!!!!

You'll see in the photo below that the river was so deep

that it came up past the belly of the gray horse in the picture

- and that horse was at least 16 hands!!!

You can see Casey boldly refusing to go in

- standing on the left side of the bank -you can see my helmet the best.

Casey and I have a new fox hunting friend who was riding on the gray, Angeline is her name. She kindly took Casey and I through the thick brush up to the road, accross a busy bridge and back to the hunt field - we are forever grateful to Angeline for "saving" us that day!

Time to go back to the clubhouse and call it a day!!!
I survived!!!

They even have fox/hound wallpaper in the bathroom of the clubhouse!

Fox Sighting at KEC

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Fox Hunting at KEC!

A few days before going on my first fox hunt at Mill Creek in Gurnee,

I spotted a red fox trotting through the wheat field behind the barn

and into the big pasture to hunt for mice!

Oct 22 - Trail Ride at Northern Kettle

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Diane, Heather, Gail and Cynthia enjoyed a scenic fall trail ride

to the "H" trail at the Northern Kettle Moraine !

We are required to wear blaze orange now that it's hunting season.

Looking ahead to Cynthia on the trail

Heather and Casey at the scenic sandy overlook

Cynthia, Diane and Gail

Picture perfect - Diane and Bosco

Tuesday, October 21 - Crazy Baby Horse Lesson Group

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Georgia and Flicka
Alexus and Wimpy

Lindsay and Dyno

Alyssa and Clarabel

Kristy and Chelsea

Ghosts!

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Who are those ghosts we saw at Waldvogels???

Alicia and Anthony panning for gold,

so we can buy new goodies for the barn!

2008 Racine County Hunter Pace

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Beth and Flicka jumping up!

KEC had 13 riders participate in the Hunter Pace this year!

We had 4 teams compete - 3 jumpers and 1 non-jump.

The weather was warm and sunny and the trails were great!

Our groups favorite was getting to jump the banks!

Beth and Flicka jumping down!

Lindsay and Casey - who later decided jumping down the bank wasn't such a great idea!

Lindsay and Casey - check out her new trail pad with pocket!

Heather and Fancy jumping down the first bank of the day

Cassie and Cody

The Chestnut Group - Beth, Cassie, Heather and Lindsay

Cassie Riding Cody

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On the way home from helping at the fox hunt,

Cassie got to test ride her new potential mount - Cody.

He's a good boy and would make a great addition to the KEC barn!!

Sunday, October 5 Mill Creek Hunt

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Cassie and Anthony and I helped out the Racine County Pony Club

members with serving the breakfast/lunch Stirrup Cup at the Hunt Club.

We got to follow the hunt and watch from a distance too!!!

Huntsman Brenda and Whipper-in Keith

I'm having this picture framed and hung in my living room!

The Second field on the left and the First field on the right

Whipper-in Keith in pursuit of a straying hound!

Our favorite hound - Rasta. He has a cute stubby tail!

Huntsman Brenda on her classic bay mount

Huntsman and Whipper-ins bringing the hounds in for the blessing

Stirrup Cup breakfast table - prior to the hunt

September was a blur - Part 1

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Joanie and Lauren jumping at the Deb Willson clinic in Racine, September 27

Sorry I cut your head off Lauren!

Megan and Melanie found a new friend - at the Deb Clinic

Chloe and Fertile

Kristy took Chelsea out for a ride in the big pasture

Dyno's back in service!

Georgia's first ride on Dyno after his lameness and stitches!!!